2025 Festival Schedule

A Cult Following

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Cults, Knives, Death, Blood)

Director: Dylan Bowe

A college student named Vanessa is hired to house sit a home in a very wealthy neighborhood. After she invites a friend over to study, they explore the expansive house only to find that the family is in a cult that has targeted Vanessa. Members of the cult surround the home and Vanessa is forced to fend for her life in a slasher-style horror film!

Love in the Lanes

Director: Andrew Easterling

Jamison, a competitive bowler, must confront his past and lost love hen he faces off against his ex-partner, Sophia, in a one-on-one bowling game.

Admit It.

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Mental Health, Death)

Director: Kat Newcombe

Darcy, a woman in her twenties, is mourning the loss of her best friend and roommate, isolating herself from everyone. This is interuppted when she receives mysterious calls from a dead payphone, revealing what really happened to her friend.

Rock Star

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Smoking, Profanity)

Director: Lindsay O'Keefe

Through his words and guitar, a young musician tells his unconventional story.

A NICE LADY

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Smoking, Sexual Themes with Minors)

Director: Jessica Weber Kass

A tightly wound New Yorker in her mid-30s impulsively invites a savvy, streetwise young couple to live with her—igniting a seductive and combustible mix that threatens to consume them all.

Blue

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Animal Death)

Director: John Maslowski

A bird befriends a jogger in Central Park in New York.

Loose Change

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Prostitution, Drug Usage/Addiction)

Director: Richard Ellis

Set on the streets of New York, LOOSE CHANGE tells the story of a teenage boy’s attempt to rid his mother of her drug addiction by doing the unthinkable... Scoring her drugs. Problem is, he’s never done it before.

My Sister's an Alien

Director: Heather Bayles

After mysterious noises awaken a young girl, she becomes an alien...sometimes.

Another Good Day

Director: Rob Underhill, Chrissy Hogue Bartels

In Another Good Day, two estranged sisters reunite in Dubuque, Iowa, to care for their father as his Alzheimer’s progresses. Between river walk strolls, coffee shop chats, and family recipes, they rediscover their bond, unpack the past, and find unexpected joy in the fleeting moments that make a family whole.

Whispers Beyond the Canopy

**WARNING: This film may potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised.

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Murder, Death, Blood)

Director: Zoë Farson

William Rochester, a young man whose lifelong obsession is to make contact with extraterrestrials, uncovers the sinister reason as to why we have never communicated outside of our own galaxy

Karma

**WARNING: This film may potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised.

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Animal Death, Vaping/Smoking, Blood, Death, Alcohol, Body Horror)

Director: Cameron Knotek-Black

After a falling-out with her mother, Mia relocates to a new apartment hoping for a fresh start. On the drive there, she accidentally hits a crow, and a string of misfortunes follows that she can’t seem to shake.

Six String Suicide

**WARNING: This film may potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised.

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Smoking, Blood)

Director: Nick Thaman

With minutes to spare, the concert's headliners must entrust a complete stranger to save their show.

Caffeine Dependency

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Relationship Conflict)

Director: Jessie Sines

Milo and Grace are bonded through their love of morning coffee and each other. Milo relies entirely on Grace for his caffeine needs. Grace wants to have the energy to do things for herself. As this dynamic grows, the structure and integrity of their relationship and respective coffee mugs begin to crack.

The Dating Scene

Director: Peam Patrathiranond

While scrolling through an online dating app, Gina finds herself stuck in a Groundhog Day-style time loop.

Life Support

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Drunk Driving, Medical Themes, Blood)

Director: Jamon Tolbert

Inspired by true stories, an emergency doctor struggling under the weight of life-and-death decisions must confront his own hidden traumas as he teaches a young medical student what it truly means to save a life.

Little Persimmon

Director: Thy Vo, Ivan Gozali, Yusra Shahid, Florence Young, Noël Wiggins, Tracy Liu

A determined young girl embarks on a heartfelt quest to honor her late grandfather by tracking down his favorite fruit. Along the way, she’s joined by a few unexpected and extraordinary companions, turning her journey into a magical and unforgettable adventure.

The House Has Good Bones

Director: Simon Brubaker

An old farmhouse holds more than memories as it's new occupants are soon to discover.

Widow's Walk

**WARNING: This film may potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised.

Director: Blaise Cauvin

When a lonely man struggling to navigate life encounters a ghostly woman in an abandoned house, she begins communicating with him through his dreams, causing the boundaries of reality to blur in haunting and unexpected ways. Consumed by the need to uncover the truth about her past, he teeters on the edge of madness.

LAST TASK - Shadow Of Freedom

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Murder, Death, Violence, Weapon Usage)

Director: Sean Dong

A dark world, a killer, a greedy conspiracy

Big George

Director: Jamie Effros

When a middle-aged actor gains too much pandemic weight to pull off his survival gig as a George Clooney impersonator, he finds himself trying to justify to his nine-year-old daughter— and to himself— why he’s still chasing his dream.

The Spectral Hour

Director: Dylan Bowe

On this episode of The Spectral Hour, our subject seeks help in dealing with a mysterious ghost who has been haunting his home.

ALY

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Sexual Acts, Blood)

Director: Kevin L Lee

Tonight might be the night Michael and Aly take their relationship to the next level. But Aly has a secret.

Mourning Glories

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Medical Themes, Death/Dead Bodies, Blood)

Director: Molly Hoque

Mourning Glories is a heartfelt and sensitive celebration of life, love and loss. Set overnight in a Mortuary.

The People Will Not Revolt

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Death, Blood)

Director: John Maslowski

A rebel pays the ultimate price in her fight against a dystopian government.

Capture

**WARNING: This film may potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised.

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Knives, Blood)

Director: Jamie Effros

After her first night solo-camping in a remote forest in 1999, a woman finds a picture on her digital camera of herself, asleep in her tent. Lost, she descends into self-doubt and madness as the camera begins to depict not what has happened, but what will happen to her.

Ambrosia

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Family Issues, Alcohol Usage, Homophobia)

Director: Amy Northup

When Bobbi brings her longtime girlfriend, Lily, to her mother’s funeral, her sister Joanne is horrified. She insists that their mother would have been equally offended by her sister’s bisexuality, and that her insistence on “displaying” it at her funeral is an affront to her memory.

Charred Memory

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Trauma, Death, Blood/Gore Effects)

Director: Vincent Throckmorton

A girl visits an eclectic man in the woods in a singed attempt to bring back her dead sister.

The Last Time I Saw Light

**WARNING: This film may potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised.

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Blood)

Director: Sean Dong

A woman wakes by the sea with no memory and follows haunting fragments of love and tragedy—until she uncovers the truth: she and the man she’s searching for died long ago.

3 Days

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Kidnapping, Death/Murder, Blood)

Director: Heather Bayles

A captive woman tricks her captor into believing she cares for him, using his growing feelings to escape—only to trigger his downfall

Dante's Inferno - The Ascension

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Dead Bodies, Blood, Mental Illness, Violence, Use of Firearms)

Director: Sofian Francis

Dante, a regretful ex military contractor and his companion, his horse, search for his missing wife and daughter in the remnants of civilization decimated by thousands of malevolent entities known as ' Reapers '

The Last Supper

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Death, Macabre Imagery)

Director: Vincent Throckmorton

What's for supper?

WHEN EVERYTHING WAS BLUE

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Terminal Illness, Death)

Director: Christina Chironna

A heartfelt drama that unfolds through the intimate lens of a home video camera. It tells the story of Luke, a firefighter, and his family, as they navigate the heartbreaking aftermath of September 11th. Capturing the family's everyday moments, juxtaposed against the backdrop of Luke's declining health due to 9/11-related illnesses, the film immerses us in the love, grief, and strength of a family as they confront a system that chooses to ignore the ongoing challenges of a tragedy that continues to shape their lives.

Di Sarno- The story of Emilio's Ballato

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Nude Image)

Director: Johannes Kroemer, Lou Carvell

If you walk down Manhattan’s Houston street, you probably won’t notice this restaurant- unless you wonder what all these people are standing in line for.

Purgatory

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Death)

Director: Jayson Jaworski

A Man awakens in Purgatory and attempts to bargain for the only thing he has left: his soul.

REVOLT

Director: Vincent Throckmorton, Natalie Gilles

Michael, your average sitcom protagonist, "improvs" a line. This pisses off the writer of the sitcom, causing him and his company to REVOLT.

The Boy Toy

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Partial Nudity, Sexual Acts)

Director: Chris Harboldt

An aging kept man's life is turned upside down when he's dumped for the pool boy, and he attempts to re-invent himself.

Influencer

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Self-Harm, Suicide)

Director: Marc Manapat

A young man, Jasper, wins a Celebrity Look-a-Like Contest which gives him a slight taste of fame. However, when he realizes that his stardom is only short lived, he attempts to become an influencer.

The Curb

*This film contains the following content that may not be appropriate for all viewers: (Knives, Blood)

Director: Jenna Cooper

An awkward bachelor lets his guard down in the presence of a successful and seductive restaurant owner who's desperate for some game.

What's My Sign Again?

Director: Richard J Bryer

When a science geek discovers his crush obsessively worships astrology, he sets out to build a device that would alter the position of the stars in the sky to make them truly compatible.

Hearts Of Stone

Director: Tom Van Avermaet

In the heart of a bustling metropolis, Paula, a lonely street artist, entertains people as a living statue. She longs with an impossible love for Agatha, a stone sculpture next to which she can be found every day. One day, when reaching her familiar spot, she finds her stone companion replaced by an abstract, modern sculpture. After a frantic search, she discovers Agatha cast aside amidst a group of discarded, classical statues who have lost their place in the modernising sculpture park. As the sun sets, Paula finds herself trying to wake the lonely statue from her stone slumber.